Which of these infections can cause septicemia?
A) Bacteremia
B) Focal infection
C) Local infection
D) Septicemia
E) Systemic infection
Ans: B) Focal infection
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Why is it more difficult to treat fungal infections than bacterial infections in humans?
A) Fungi are larger organisms than bacteria and thus require stronger drugs to stop an infection. B) Most fungi are multicellular and thus the drugs required to treat a fungal infection must be able to kill several types of cells; bacteria, on the other hand, are unicellular and thus simpler to kill. C) Fungal and animal cells and proteins are similar. Thus, drugs that disrupt fungal cell or protein function may also disrupt human cell or protein function. D) Fungi are able to mutate more quickly than bacteria, so they quickly develop resistance to antifungal drugs.
Slow cooking for a long time and then storage at room temperature would tend to favor the growth of
A. endospore-formers. B. anaerobes. C. mesophiles. D. thermophiles. E. endospore-formers AND mesophiles.
What gas do plants release during photorespiration?
A) water vapor B) oxygen C) carbon dioxide D) carbon monoxide
Below are two statements. Which (if any) applies to the law of segregation? Which (if any) applies to the law of independent assortment?
I: Phenotypes for long tails and big eyes are inherited separately in lab mice. II: A baby mouse inherits a maternal red-eye allele and a paternal black-eye allele. A) I: segregation; II: independent assortment B) I: independent assortment; II: segregation C) I: segregation; II: segregation D) I: independent assortment; II: independent assortment